Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
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Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz

ID: OS-011268-P/194707

Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz

First name:

Jarosław

Last Name:

Iwaszkiewicz

Pseudonym:

„Eleuter”

Middle name:

Leon

Parents:

Bolesław

Date of birth:

02-1894

Place of birth:

Kalnik

Date of death:

02-03-1980

Place od death:

Warszawa

Age:

Profession:

poet, novelist, translator

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Komandorski z Gwiazdą Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1954), Krzyż Wielki Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1974), Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (dwukrotnie), Medal Sprawiedliwy wśród Narodów Świata (1988)

Biography:

Jarosław Leon Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980), born in Kalnik, son of Bolesław, writer, poet, essayist and translator, co-founder of the Skamander group. From 1928 he lived in Stawisko in Podkowa Leśna, today there is a museum named after him there. During the occupation, he hid people at risk of arrest, for which he was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations. After 1945, he was editor-in-chief of "Twórczość", president of the Association of Polish Writers and a member of the Sejm of the People's Republic of Poland. He was nominated four times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Publication:

27.06.2022

Last updated:

04.11.2025

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